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U. S. Awards RTX $904. 6 Million Contract for LTAMDS Air Defense Radars
3+ hour, 44+ min ago (515+ words) Overt Defense - The U. S. Army's contracting arm has awarded RTX (Raytheon) a $904. 6 million contract modification to begin low-rate production of the LTAMDS radar. Under this order, RTX will build five complete Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) radar systems…...
REGENT's Autonomous Drone Squire Completes First Ground-Effect Flight in U. S. Waters
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (317+ words) By Kamuran Pandurov in Aviation, Drone, News, Technology, USA April 22, 2026 "This successful flight milestone is a major success for our defense program and a strong signal of what Seaglider technology can deliver for the warfighter," co-founder and CEO Billy Thalheimer…...
U. S. Army Launches Online Aerial Drone Marketplace
4+ week, 1+ day ago (140+ words) By Albert L in Army, Aviation, Drone, News, Technology, USA March 30, 2026 The U. S. Army launched its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Marketplace on March 24, with the new "one-stop shop" intended to make unmanned aircraft system purchases more efficient for Army units, government partners…...
New Zealand to Trial Locally Developed Air, Land and Sea Drones
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (172+ words) By Kamuran Pandurov in Aviation, Companies, Drone, Ground Vehicles, New Zealand, News, UGV, Unmanned March 6, 2026 New Zealand-developed drones will be trialled by the NZDF to strengthen capability while growing local industry, Defence Minister Judith Collins announced on 24 February. The contract…...
Raytheon's Coyote Block 3 NK Defeats Drone Swarms in U. S. Army Test
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (488+ words) Overt Defense - In a recent U. S. Army demonstration, Raytheon's Coyote Block 3 Non-Kinetic (3 NK) interceptor successfully downed multiple target drones. Raytheon announced on February 11, that the Block 3 NK had demonstrated "exceptional launch, flight, intercept and recovery capabilities" by defeating a drone swarm…...
Hanwha Aerospace, Frankenburg to Develop Counter-Drone Systems for Future Armored Vehicles
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (310+ words) South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace has signed a memorandum of understanding (Mo U) with Estonia's Frankenburg Technologies to co-develop counter-unmanned aerial systems The partnership addresses a pressing challenge: drones. As Kim said, the Mo U is a "pivotal opportunity to enhance the…...
Taiwan Completes Integration Test of Jointly Developed Mighty Hornet IV Drone
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (407+ words) Overt Defense - Taiwan announced, on February 6, that it had completed a successful systems integration test of the Mighty Hornet IV drone, a Taiwan specific variation of the Firejet drone developed by US based defense company Kratos. The test was conducted…...
STM's KARGU Drone Swarm Completes First Live-Fire Test
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (527+ words) Overt Defense - On January 27, Turkish defence firm STM announced a successful live-fire drone swarm test " Turkey's first with live ammunition. In the trial at the General Nahit "eno'ul Firing and Training Area near Ankara, a group of 20 KARGU rotary-wing loitering…...
Draper Secures $25 billion Defense Microelectronics Contract
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (361+ words) Draper announced that it was one of ten companies selected for a potential 10-year, $25. 35 billion contract under the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) Advanced Technology Support Program (ATSP). The award" Continue reading "Draper Secures $25 billion Defense Microelectronics Contract" Draper announced that…...
UK Ministry of Defence Advances Project NYX Wingman Drone
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (810+ words) Overt Defense - The UK Ministry of Defence (Mo D) announced in January 2026 that Project NYX " a new "wingman drone" programme " is moving into prototype development. Project NYX will field small unmanned systems to fly alongside crewed Apache attack helicopters and take…...